Coronavirus

The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), mallam Kashifu Abdullahi has tasked Nigerian startups to prepare for more innovative ideas while the world is fighting COVID-19 pandemic which is ravaging the…

Two Nigerian citizens have died of the coronavirus both in the United Kingdom and Italy.While a Nigerian living in Britain, Anthony Deola Onasanya, on Wednesday died of the disease, 60-year-old Mrs Patricia Imohibo died on March 28 from…

Johannesburg,  for decades the city of cars,  has long been famous for its drive-in food takeaways. Now it could be known for Africa’s first drive-in COVID-19 testing centre.Every day scores of cars pull in to a car park at…

For decades, powerful Nigerians could ignore the government’s failure to invest adequately in the health-care system by seeking medical treatment abroad. The coronavirus pandemic means they can no longer escape.Since Nigeria identified…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has joined the campaign to curb the spread of the coronavirus by providing some intervention materials.The materials included sanitisers, handbills and posters as well as jingles aimed at…

Mr Gboyega Famodun, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has commended Gov Gboyega Oyetola over his proactive measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus.Famodun, in a statement issued by his media consultant,…

Oyo State government, on Monday, distributed some preventive materials to curtail the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the state.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the items, including hand sanitisers, nose masks…

According to reports from Bloomberg, a vaccine that has been used to prevent tuberculosis is being given to health-care workers in Melbourne to see if it will protect them against the coronavirus.The bacillus Calmette-Guerin, or BCG,…

Coronavirus:

As part of a robust effort to combat the deadly Coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria, the management of Keystone Bank today announced the donation of N1 billion for the purchase of relief materials, critical care facilities and protective gear…